Continuing the Mock Newbery Process: Time for July Suggestions
We’re officially more than halfway through 2022. Last week in Washington, DC, the Newbery-Caldecott Banquet was held in person for the first time since 2019. Jason Chin, Donna Barba Higuera, and Grace Linn were officially presented with their 2022 Caldecott, Newbery, and Legacy awards; Soline Holmes shared an excellent recap of the event on the ALSC Blog.
Meanwhile, on Heavy Medal, we’re continuing to share titles that just might be in contention for the 2023 Newbery Medal which will be announced in January and presented next June in Chicago. So far we’ve built a list of 55 suggestions, and the good books just keep coming.
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July suggestions are now open. Please submit up to five Newbery-eligible titles in the comments section below. As a reminder, it’s fine to add titles that have already been suggested, and please limit your choices to books that have already been published. For more details about our suggestion process, see this earlier post.
We’ll keep July suggestions open through Saturday, July 9th, then share an updated list on July 11th.
Filed under: Suggestions
About Steven Engelfried
Steven Engelfried was the Library Services Manager at the Wilsonville Public Library in Oregon until he retired in 2022 after 35 years as a full-time librarian. He served on the 2010 Newbery committee, chaired the 2013 Newbery Committee, and also served on the 2002 Caldecott committee. You can reach him at sengelfried@yahoo.com.
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I have five for July:
ANYBODY HERE SEEN FRENCHIE? by Leslie Conner
FALLING SHORT by Ernesto Cisneros
IN THE KEY OF US by Mariama Lockington
MY OWN LIGHTNING by Lauren Wolk
RED SCARE by Liam Francis Walsh
AND WE RISE by Martin
(also reading something right now that I might suggest, if I finish it quickly enough)
THE WOMAN WHO SPLIT THE ATOM by Marissa Moss
I know we’re only supposed to mention books that have already been published, but I can’t contain my enthusiasm about an ARC I scored at ALA. SEEN AND UNSEEN by Eizabeth Partridge is one of the most exceptional books I’ve ever read. Not only is it a beautiful object that’s groundbreaking in terms of art, design, photography, and format, the writing is exemplary. Even though it’s a historical book, the topic is so important and so relevant to the lives of young readers right now. I hope you will all be on the lookout for it. Some people might say it’s YA, but I think it works for MG too.
Singing with Elephants, by Margarita Engle.
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves by L.M. Elliott
When Winter Robeson Came by Brenda Woods
In the Beautiful Country by Jane Kuo
Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
I am so thankful to have read this book. As an educator, I feel like it really helped me *see* my students.
Yonder by Ali Standish
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
One more to add before you close it:
Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire
Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass
Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
African town and falling short